A few inches of snow should stick around to give Maine a white Christmas.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
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How to dispose of Christmas trees, lights and other holiday staples
Most people produce extra waste around the winter holidays, making it critical to recycle, re-gift or dispose of holiday favorites appropriately.
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The economics of the US holiday tree industry
The spirit of the season is free, but that tree is going to cost you.
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Trust, but verify what the local barber tells you about politicians
Columnist Paul Mills did some fact checking after reading a salacious detail about Margaret Chase Smith’s husband.
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The 12 crimes of Christmas – the legal woes of being Santa Claus
A legal expert looks at the dozens of laws Father Christmas is likely to be violating.
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Where does Santa live? It’s a trickier question to answer than you may think
The North Pole, Greenland, Finland … or Turkey? All these countries lay claim to being the home of Santa Claus.
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Syria’s future will be brighter with U.S. help
Preventing a terrorist resurgence and ensuring the battered nation’s new government represents all Syrians is in America’s best interests, too.
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Fall of Assad puts Russia’s large military footprint in Syria at risk
The United States and other nations have bases in the country, but none as large or significant as Russia’s.
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Timeline: The shocking speed of Syria’s rebel advance against Assad
His poster once loomed over almost every corner. Family statues stood over busy streets. Syrian rebel forces said they had entered Damascus on Sunday, dislodging President Bashar al-Assad, whose family has ruled Syria with an iron fist for more than 53 years. The lightning offensive, led by the armed Islamist faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, ended […]
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Stabilizing Syria will be a major challenge for fractured opposition and external backers
Opposition forces marched into Damascus on Dec. 8, seemingly ending the half-century rule of the Assad family. But what happens next?